Which Hanna Barnera characters can fit within the DC Multiverse?

[Keola Kent]

More fun fan work, keeping these characters alive- by cheeks-74

Thanks for including Thundarr, Princess Ariel, and Ookla. Unfortunately, the DC/HB deal didn't include these.

[Sansomon]

Weeks ago, talking to my friends of Multiverso DC website crew, I remembered the classic superheroes of Hanna-Barbera: Space Ghost, Birdman, Mightor, The Herculoids, Galaxy Trio, and many others.

Put them interacting at same universe never occurred in the TV cartoon shows from years 1960/1970 (which at the beginning of 1980 I saw on TV). However, a whole universe was explored by producers when some of the characters had a series of humor in Adult Swim, like Space Ghost - Coast to Coast and Harvey Birdman.

Justice League + humor = the unforgettable JL run writted by JM DeMatteis, Keith Giffen and illustrated uniquely by Kevin Maguire (I had the pleasure to know personally in my trip to New York ComicCon 2011). In the classic cover of # 1, Maguire showed the characters of the team being seenfrom above, and all characters looking at the reader, in an ironic way. It was then that I decided to do a double homage: to this cover and super-heroes of classic Hanna-Barbera.
And here is my Justice League Saturday morning : )

Top: The Young Samson and his lion Goliath; Vapor Man, Gravity Girl e Meteor Man (from Galaxy Trio);Birdman an your eagle Avenger and Space Ghost, Tara, Igoo and Zandor, from Herculoids;

Down: Blue Falcon and Dynomutt, the dog wonder; Mightor

[Güicho]

Thanks for including Thundarr, Princess Ariel, and Ookla. Unfortunately, the DC/HB deal didn't include these.

That was not my fan art, just linking too the awesome.
Thundarr was a Ruby-Spears Productions not Hanna Barbera, still people love to include them with the Hanna Barbera created Adventure Heroes.

The great Kirby designed concept is just so much it's own thing , personally I'd rather see them stand out and exist in their own universe rather than lumped in a HB specific Adventure Universe, which really had it's house style.









I think WB has in fact since acquired (= swallowed up) the rights to Thundarr though, and may have released the DVDs under their label, hence many might assume they go together with the Hanna Barbera acquired properties. They don't.

In the end Thundarr is another of those great licences WB and by extension DC is just siting on instead of producing something with it.
WB as Producer$ is such a huge behemoth, they have so many properties already in the pipeline this may mean nothing to them. it's probably near the bottom of things to develop in the huge pile they own.

[Sansomon]

Swat Kats the Radical Squadron is a production of Hanna-Barbera

[GoingPostal]

Wonder Twin powers activate!! Activate damn it!!!!!

[Güicho]

Put them interacting at same universe never occurred in the TV cartoon shows from years 1960/1970

There was a few crossovers, that establishing the "HB World of Super Adventure" was a shared universe. Space Ghost definitely visited the Herculoids planet, and I remember he and Mightor shared an episode. There may have been more, a reference in Galaxy Trio too?
Also the later Teen Force crossed over with Space Ghost, I think Jan and Kid Comet were linked.

It was then that I decided to do a double homage: to this cover and super-heroes of classic Hanna-Barbera.
And here is my Justice League Saturday morning : )

You drew that, it's great! Awesome homage to both Maguire and HB/Toth.

[Güicho]

This old cartoon series of Hanna-Barbera here : Jana of the Jungle
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White Jaguar Ghost

Forgot about Jana. Not part of the HB Adventure Heroes block, but she was definitely HB.
It is interesting for Super Friends HB had already licensed the rights to Rima(or not she is public domain, but they developed their own version of her) the original "Jungle Girl" character, she predates Tarzan, etc.
And while little was said or developed about Rima on Super Friends, HB later pretty much gave Rima's look, somewhat background origin, location, and "quest" of a lost parent to Jana.
Mostly taken from Green Mansions the original Rima story, but they even took specific elements from DC's development of her.





In the end WB owning DC and HB, ended up owning them both DC's version Rima and the HB version Jana.
They really should just merge the two into one character.

[Güicho]

It would be a great idea if DC should do variant cover editions of most of their titles which will feature both the DC and Hanna-Barbera characters, I like to hear your suggestions.

You mean like the Looney Tunes variants? http://www.comicbookresources.com/ar...-variant-month

For HB you might need a couple of waves:


- HB World of Super Adventure wave;
Space Ghost / Batman
Mightor / Superman
Young Samson & Goliath / Captain Marvel(SHAZAM!) & Tawny / He- Man & Cringor
Galaxy Trio / GL Corps
Birdman / Hawkman
Moby Dick (Sea Lab) / Aquaman
Teen Force / Legion of Superheroes
Johny Quest / Grayson
Herculoids / JL
Rima(Jana) / Wonder Woman
Superfriends(that is Apache, Vulcan, Dorado, Samurai & Twins) / Young Justice, (use the YJ kid analogs of them)


- HB Zoo wave:
Huck Hound / Superman
Yogi & Booboo / Batman & Robin
Secret Squirrel / Detective comics
Ricochet Rabbit / Flash
Magilla Gorilla / Grodd
Atom Ant /Atom
Squidly Diddly / Aquaman
Quickdraw / Jonah Hex
El Kabong / El Diablo (original)
Peter Potamus / Rip Hunter
Wally Gator / Swamp Thing


- Scooby Doobies wave:
Mystery Inc. / Detective Comics
Blue Falcon / Batman
Captain Caveman & Teen Angels / Gnarrk & classic Teen Titans
Jabber Jaw / Aquaman
Speed Buggy / Forever People
?

[Trey Strain]

Snagglepuss as Terry Berg.

Don't get me wrong. I like them both.

[dcfanpal]

For ACTION COMICS : Superman and Fred Flintstone as Superstone !

You mean like the Looney Tunes variants? http://www.comicbookresources.com/ar...-variant-month

For HB you might need a couple of waves:


- HB World of Super Adventure wave;
Space Ghost / Batman
Mightor / Superman
Young Samson & Goliath / Captain Marvel(SHAZAM!) & Tawny / He- Man & Cringor
Galaxy Trio / GL Corps
Birdman / Hawkman
Moby Dick (Sea Lab) / Aquaman
Teen Force / Legion of Superheroes
Johny Quest / Grayson
Herculoids / JL
Rima(Jana) / Wonder Woman
Superfriends(that is Apache, Vulcan, Dorado, Samurai & Twins) / Young Justice, (use the YJ kid analogs of them)


- HB Zoo wave:
Huck Hound / Superman
Yogi & Booboo / Batman & Robin
Secret Squirrel / Detective comics
Ricochet Rabbit / Flash
Magilla Gorilla / Grodd
Atom Ant /Atom
Squidly Diddly / Aquaman
Quickdraw / Jonah Hex
El Kabong / El Diablo (original)
Wally Gator / Swamp Thing


- Scooby Doobies wave:
Mystery Inc. / Detective Comics
Blue Falcon / Batman
Captain Caveman & Teen Angels / Gnarrk & classic Teen Titans
Jabber Jaw / Aquaman
Speed Buggy / Forever People
?

[Güicho]

For ACTION COMICS : Superman and Fred Flintstone as Superstone !

Flintstones / Anthro
Jetsons / Legion

Thundarr / Kamandi ...Although this one I'd want more than a cover, I'd want a whole story.

[Güicho]

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[Güicho]

Who is the girl in Blue with the Impossibles!?
Is this a new character designed by Darwyn Cooke?
Not sure what her powers will be, but that band always needed a drummer!

[TomServofan]

Also LOL! @ Kingdome Come Marvin, I think that was a drunk washed up Lobo in a Marvin T-Shirt.
And was more Alex Ross making fun of lampooning the 90s ridiculous trend of killing, crippling and make everything eXtreme! and gim-dark which they loved!
And yeah he was right that's what sold in the 90s and they've been doing it sense. This has become the fate of the HB characters in the DCU.
They are not subtle about it.


I never read this Wendy Marvin appearance in the Titans comic, only saw the one panel above. What was Wendy's fate? Does she survive, or is she mauled to death too?

Marvin has become one of the Ghostbusters dogs, LOL.

How about Swat Kats in the DC/HB actionverse?

[blackbolt396]

I think fans have done more to keep these in the public eye, than the company who owns them.

Part mythology, epic fantasy, part sci-fi space opera, part giant monster creature feature / prehistoric lost world, all wrapped in a family drama, probably the coolest genre mash in cartoons.

All designed by Alex Toth no less.
In the end it's so much it's own thing, DC probably doesn't even know how to approach it.

It's happening people, Hell has frozen over.